Review: Identification of roadmap of fourth construction industrial revolution

Abstract

Industrial revolution is a series of events driven by the growth of technological innovations, and so far, the world had witnessed the first three industrial revolutions. Today, a new revolution referred to as the fourth industrial revolution is entering even though it is still in its early stages of development. Many developed countries had established their own roadmap or strategic plan as a first step. However, only a few of them touched the construction sector even though the construction industry provides a significant contribution to the country’s GDP. Based on this understanding, there is a fundamental need to give a clear view of Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0 from the construction industry’s perspective, since most users are still finding their way in this transition. An extensive literature review is used to define the scope and terms of the field of construction in the industrial revolution. Towards this goal, a clear definition and concept of each revolution, key technologies related to construction and challenges faced by the industry will be explored. Simultaneously, this review paper also benchmarked a few documents as a simple guide in the transition process to the fourth industrial revolution to avoid a lag in a world where changes are swift and sudden. Therefore, this review paper contributes by providing a better understanding of the challenges and trends in Construction 4.0 to academics and practitioners. Moreover, it will spark new ideas on the policy or strategic roadmap development in the future.

Challenges of industrial revolution 4.0: quantity surveying students' perspectives

“…IR4.0 seems like an opportunity to reduce such a rate with a higher level of technological advancements and involvement, through stakeholders' collaboration in fostering the effectiveness of the construction industry and reducing project completion time (Chen et al, 2018). However, the transition of the construction industry from labour-intensive to technological advancement involves complex issues as stakeholders require financial, skill and time investments and adoptions (de Lange et al, 2017;Lau et al, 2019a). Lau et al (2019a) accentuated the importance to identify the readiness of construction stakeholders towards transitioning into IR4.0.…”

“…However, the transition of the construction industry from labour-intensive to technological advancement involves complex issues as stakeholders require financial, skill and time investments and adoptions (de Lange et al, 2017;Lau et al, 2019a). Lau et al (2019a) accentuated the importance to identify the readiness of construction stakeholders towards transitioning into IR4.0.…”

An integrated building information modeling (BIM)-based lifecycle-oriented framework for sustainable building design

“…As a result of the rapid advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT), the world has undergone a series of “Industrial Revolutions.” Now, the world is moving towards the fourth industrial revolution, which is the next level of digitalization where machines or systems have the ability to learn, communicate and improve themselves from previous experiences without the need to be explicitly programmed (Lau et al , 2019). Evidently, ICT has penetrated all sectors to fundamentally change their processes and lead to great leaps.…”

Towards a Canvas for Construction 4.0 Implementation in AECO Organizations

“…While readiness and maturity assessment methods exist for Industry 4.0, studies specific to the AECO industry have been tailored to technologies instead of Construction 4.0 as a stand-alone vision [10]. Examples include the various studies that evaluated Building Information Modelling (BIM) readiness and maturity.…”